twice-baked bread
noun
Simple meaning
Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
twuhsbayktbredSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
twəsˈbeɪktbɹɛd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
cooking
Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
cooking
A type of sweet raised bread baked for a second time in order to render it brown, hard, and crisp.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
Used this way, twice-baked bread is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Cooking/food
- Everyday conversation
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